The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Emily Thornberry vs John Lamont

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,152 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,152 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
92 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 146 shared votes
54 Aye 92 No
27 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 111 shared votes
81 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
49 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 111 shared votes
62 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,464
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
813
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
651
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API